克利夫兰市长比布将领衔“蓝色城市/红色州”，该组织将于下周正式启动。
Cleveland Mayor Bibb will lead Blue Cities/Red States, launching next week.
15位在共和党占主导地位的州份执政的民主党市长正在筹建一个新的政治组织，旨在影响全国政治，成为一种中左翼替代选择，以抗衡“让美国再次伟大”运动以及他们所称的美国民主社会主义者等团体存在的“极左失灵”。
A group of 15 Democratic mayors governing in Republican-dominated states are building a new political operation that aims to influence national politics as a center-left alternative to both the MAGA movement and what they describe as "far-left dysfunction" from groups like the Democratic Socialists of America.
这个组织名为“蓝色城市/红色州”，由克利夫兰市长达斯汀·比布领导，将于下周在迈阿密举行启动仪式，届时活动由迈阿密市长艾琳·希金斯主持。创始市长所领导的城市包括亚特兰大、杰克逊维尔、博伊西、塔尔萨和孟菲斯。据该新联盟的一份备忘录，这些城市横跨11个红州和紫州，管辖人口超过700万。
The organization -- Blue Cities/Red States -- is led by Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and will launch next week in Miami with a kickoff event hosted by its mayor, Eileen Higgins. The founding mayors lead cities including Atlanta, Jacksonville, Boise, Tulsa and Memphis -- governing more than 7 million Americans across 11 red and purple states, according to a memo for the new coalition. In an interview with ABC News, Bibb said he hopes these mayors will emerge as a kind of testing ground for a post-2024 Democratic message.
比布在接受美国广播公司新闻频道采访时表示，他希望这些市长能够成为一块试验田，为民主党探索2024年之后的政治主张。他指出，民主党可以通过聚焦公共安全、生活成本、经济增长等议题，重建选民的信任。比布说，这些往往正是这些市长在日常治理中负责的领域，有时他们还要与共和党人展开竞争。
He suggested that the party can rebuild trust among voters by zeroing in on things such as public safety, affordability, economic growth -- things that these mayors often govern on, up against Republicans at times, Bibb said. "As Democrats talk about closing the credibility gap, these 15 mayors have been closing that gap in their cities -- without the cover of a Democratic governor or a Democratic-led legislature," Bibb said. Higgins, who was elected as Miami's mayor in December as the first Democrat to serve in 28 years, also emphasized the group's focus on working against the political extremes.
比布说：“当民主党人谈论弥合可信度差距时，这15位市长一直在各自的城市弥合这一差距，而且无需民主党州长或民主党主导的议会为其撑腰。”
"Working for a more united states is a core theme of Blue Cities/Red States, and we do this by pushing back against extremism and promoting a more practical brand of leadership that focuses on results over rhetoric," Higgins said.
希金斯于12月当选迈阿密市长，成为28年来首位出任该职的民主党人。她还强调，该团体专注于反对政治极端倾向。
"This includes balancing the need to stand up for your community against harmful policies but also finding compromise solutions that deliver results." The group plans to have a permanent national platform, fundraising and organizational infrastructure, polling and message testing, and a national paid-media strategy heading into the 2026 and 2028 cycles, according to the memo.
为一个更团结的美国而努力，是“蓝色城市/红色州”的核心主题；我们通过抵制极端主义，推广一种更务实、注重结果而非空洞言辞的领导方式来推动这一目标，”希金斯说。“这既包括在有害政策面前维护社区利益，也包括找到能够带来实际成果的折中方案。”根据一份备忘录，该组织计划在2026年和2028年选举周期到来前，搭建常设的全国平台、筹款和组织基础设施，开展民调与信息测试，并制定全国性付费媒体战略。比布声称，该组织还正在与国会议员商谈，以协调彼此的议程。
Bibb claimed the group is also in talks with members of Congress about aligning their agendas. "We want to influence the next speaker, and the next Congress, and the next president. We know what this next Congress should be focused on to address cost and affordability, to address public safety," Bibb said. "I think long term, it's leaders like this that allows us to expand the map.
“我们希望影响下一任众议院议长、下一届国会和下一任总统。我们知道，下一届国会应专注于应对生活成本和负担能力问题以及公共安全，”比布说。“我认为，从长远来看，正是这样的领导者让我们能够扩大版图。正如我们在2024年看到的，‘蓝墙’已经不复存在。因此，如果你想在爱达荷州、内布拉斯加州、佐治亚州、亚利桑那州、密苏里州和俄亥俄州获胜，我们就必须在市长身上投入资源，而我认为市长们代表着民主党的最佳未来。”
As we saw in 2024, the 'blue wall' doesn't exist anymore. So if you want to win in Idaho and Nebraska and Georgia and Arizona and Missouri and Ohio, we’ve got to invest in mayors, and I think mayors represent the best future for the Democratic Party."
该组织正在中期选举前夕加快布局。《华尔街日报》的一项最新民调显示，民主党预计将在中期选举中取得一些胜利，而这些胜利可能得益于唐纳德·特朗普总统不受欢迎，而非民主党自身的形象。
This group is building out just ahead of the midterms, when Democrats are expected to notch victories that could come as a result of President Donald Trump’s unpopularity rather than their own party's image, a new Wall Street Journal poll shows. According to the poll, Democrats received some of their lowest approval ratings in decades since Trump took office last year.
据该民调，自特朗普去年上任以来，民主党的支持率降至数十年来的最低水平之一。目前，民主党的支持率为38%，略低于共和党的39%。特朗普总统目前的支持率为37%。
They have a 38% favorable rating, just behind the Republican Party’s 39% favorability rating. President Trump’s current approval rating is at 37%. In the Wall Street Journal poll, Democratic Socialists of America had just a 24% favorable rating.
在《华尔街日报》的这项民调中，美国民主社会主义者组织的支持率仅为24%。
Bibb said he hopes that by boosting these red-state Democratic mayors, Republicans could learn to trust Democrats.
比布说，他希望，通过扶持这些红色州的民主党市长，共和党人能够学会信任民主党人。
"You know, poll after poll after poll shows that MAGA Republicans and Democrats agree that affordability is the No. 1 issue, but when you look at Republicans -- and specifically MAGA Republicans -- they don't trust Democrats to actually execute.
“你知道，一项又一项民调显示，MAGA共和党人和民主党人都认为，生活成本是否负担得起是头号议题；但当你审视共和党人——尤其是MAGA共和党人——会发现他们并不相信民主党人真能落实政策。这个联盟正是解决这一问题的答案，也是我们长期以来的价值主张。”比布说。
And this coalition is the answer to that question, and that's our value proposition long term,” Bibb said.